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    HP laptop running Vista just became incredibly slow

    Overview of the problem Simply put, my laptop has recently become so slow that I can hardly use it. Almost anything makes the computer pause for anywhere between 30-90 seconds, and occasionally programs crash after the wait. Full description of the problem and symptoms This may or may...
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    File Cataloging Software

    Over the years, I've made hundreds of CD's and DVD's backing up various parts of my work and system, and as many of you have done, I've upgraded and bought a lot of new systems in the process. I've got stacks and stacks of CD's and DVD's laying around with all manner of files on them, and I...
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    CSS - Span inside Paragraph not coloring text?

    So I've got a paragraph of text on my site that sits inside the <p> tags, and I want segments of the text to be different colors. I'm attempting to do this via CSS, particularly with <span> tags, but while every example I've seen assures me this should work, it does not. I've supplied my code...
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    What's the name of that old gameshow...

    Does anyone here remember what the name of that old gameshow was where three people would walk in, and the contestants would ask them all questions and try to guess which one was actually the profession that they said they were? I seem to think it was in black and white... Can't remember for...
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    Mac OS X - Networking games...?

    Me and my coworkers are dying here... slow day. Anyone know of any poker games (or anything else that might be fun) that we can play over about 4-5 networked Macs?
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    16x DVD burner won't burn over 2x...

    About a year ago I picked up a Sony DW-Q28A (a link for specs: click here) Burning DVD's at 16x and 8x was excellent! But once I got everything that I really needed to be backed up on DVD's, I didn't use it for a while, only occasionally using it to burn video DVD's. I also reinstalled...
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    Mac OS X... Do shared folders keep view preferences?

    I don't use Macs much, except at work... and every time I open up folders on the network server, they are in different sizes / locations / views than the last time I used them. This makes me wonder... Do folders that are networked on Macs save their sizes / locations / views that other people...
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    Victoria's Secret - Love Spell... When...?

    Sorry to get everyone's hopes up, no Victoria's Secret pics here... But my coworkers are trying to settle a dispute (don't want to go into details). Does anyone know when Victoria's Secret came out with this fragrance (Love Spell)? Stupid question, I know... but tired of listening to the...
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    Would 2Gb Dual Channel be much better than 1Gb?

    Sorry if this question has been asked billions of times over, but I didn't see any recently that looked similar... My deal is, I currently have 1Gb (2x512Mb) PC3200 DDR running in dual channel in my system, and I have been toying with the idea of adding another 2 sticks of 512Mb to give the...
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    Make your own comic

    Well, no hardcore flash or anything, but a fun little thing where you get to create your own comic by answering a few simple questions... Licking the bathroom floor, chopping puppies in half, fun! :D http://www.bumshack.com/fate/index.php
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    Default gateway ping?

    I am not quite sure what the default gateway is, but I am assuming it is the device that my network uses to connec tot he internet... in this instance being my cable modem. Now that I am connected directly to it, when I ping this device (by finding it's IP by typing "ipconfig" in the command...
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    Why the heck did my CS get so slow?

    Maybe someone can help me out with this, it is really perplexing. About a month ago I moved to a more urban area, and I got comcast cable internet. Hooked it up, got blazing fast (for me) at about 3200 kbps in bandwidth tests... everything ran great. After about two weeks, it started to...
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    Funny job listing...

    I was poking around some job listings, and take a look at this... pretty bad in general, but the last sentence says it all (or rather spells it all): Oh yes, job candidates must read, write, and speak english proficiently, but the HR dept. shouldn't! :P
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    Need for Speed Underground 2: Slowdown problem

    Anyone else having this prob? Half the time when I start up Need for Speed Underground 2, the 3D part is slow for some unkown reason... My hardware is up to par, and it worked fine the first time I played it, and right after I put new drivers on. Then, I Alt + Tabbed back to windows, and when...
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    Funky music

    I've always been a fan of old school funk music... For anyone in the Sacramento CA area, I like the older stuff they play on Kiss FM. But dammit, I don't know where to start when looking for some good cd's! Anyone have any suggestions for me? :)
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    Adobe Illustrator - Paths to Lines?

    Anyone know if there is an easy way to change a document built with paths in illustrator to lines (IE line art)? I'm going nuts here! :(
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    Tell Santa what you want for xmas...

    Goofy little link I found on a site that I frequent... http://www.hypermagical.com/santa/index.php :D I am getting a pair of crusty socks for xmas!
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    Illustrator HEEEEELP! Is it possibly to convert a pen drawing...

    Does anyone here know how to convert an Adobe Photoshop Pen Tool drawing into lines in Illustrator? PLEASE HELP!!!!
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    World of Warcraft: The End of Subject A?

    According to X-Fire, the Subject A has played 56 hours of World of Warcraft in the last 7 days. The subject has pulled two all-nighter sessions in this time. The subject goes to school. The subject works a few hours a week. So will WoW be the end of life as Subject A knows it? :disgust...
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    Ha ha ha... WOW

    http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/d..._sauron/bush_owned.jpg An instant classic :D
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    Okay, so here's my big theory...

    Alrighty, here goes... picture this: Peter Jackson, Gabe Newell, and Michael Moore are all these long lost triplets that have yet to figure out that they're all in fact, siblings. Kinda funny huh? heh heh :);)
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    PHP, SSL, and taking online payments by credit card...

    Alright, not sure if this is the right place to post this, so please don't flame me if i was wrong... I have been doing php and mysql for some time now, and html longer than i can remember. Soon I think I will be needing to ass a credit card feature to some of the sites i have produced in the...
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    What song is this?

    Stuck in my head... whistled it out (not good at all, but...) this is how it starts... and runs throughout the song. It is stuck in my head, help! http://www.geocities.com/brewmeister8/extra/whistle1.mp3
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    Anyone know how to make a folder unavailable on a network using "$"?

    I know you can do it, but I can't remember how! Anyone here have the quick fix i'm looking for? thanks!
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    Anyone know how to make a folder unavailable on a network using "$"?

    I know you can do it, but I can't remember how! Anyone here have the quick fix i'm looking for? thanks!
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    Republicans... what do you think about Arnold?

    Let me start off by saying that I am a democrat, although I am near the middle on some issues. My question is, what do some of you repubs honestly think of the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger for CA governer? And I am not asking "What do you think Grey Davis has done wrong?"... If for some...
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    Song on the PESPI commercial??

    Okay, I have the mp3 on my computer (ripped of course, from a cd i bought), but I lost the CD and i don't know what the name of the song is now... Stupid me, i forgot to do the whole ID3 tag thing when I ripped it. It's the same song that they have on that new pepsi commercial where the lady...
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    Really though...

    Everyone argues and complains on these boards... but thru all these arguments, does anyone's opinion ever change? Or do we just log on, state our silly opinions, and log off? I mean, have you ever looked over someone's arguement on AT and thought to yourself, "that guy/girl really has a point...
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    Why do we pay for such things?

    Why in the world do we pay extra money for dvd's containing deleted scenes? There was a reason why the scenes were dealeted! Aaaaaagh! Okay, glad to get that off my chest! :D
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    Anyone recieved Kazaa and Gorkster RIAA warnings?

    I just read this... http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=30029&rubrik1=High%20Tech&rubrik2=Legal%20Issues&rubrik3=All&sort=1&sparte=4 Was wondering how many of you use these progs, and if you have recieved any warning messages? I don't use either of these two progs, but... was curious! :D
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    Great going guys...

    A quote from MSNBC: "As Iraqi Shiite demands for a dominant role in Iraq?s future mount, Bush administration officials say they underestimated the Shiites? organizational strength and are unprepared to prevent the rise of an anti-American, Islamic fundamentalist government in the country." Well...
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    Another New Chihuahua puppy, needs a name!

    So just by pure coincidence, I got a new chihuahua puppy too... Only prob is, I need a name for him. He's a special puppy. ;) Please don't suggest a name til you see what he looks like, since I think that may influence the name you choose... Thanks! My new Puppy! (drag and drop the link to...
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    AT could be better...

    All AT needs to be the ultimate place for off topic discussion is... the ADULT AT forum! Not that I like to talk about all that kinda stuff, but still... then we could have such infamous threads as the naked news thread, and the bangbus thread open for more brutal and abnoxious discussion...
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    UMAX astra 2000U on win XP? aaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

    Can anyone help me out here? I just upgraded from win98 to winXP, and now my scanner (umax astra 2000U [usb]) will not work! First I treid just using the drivers that XP tries to use, but all it produced was a pinkish, grayish rectangle when I tried to scan. So i got on UMAX's site, and they...
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    Mafia and catalysts...

    Okay, so I got mafia, played it on win98 on my old radeon8500 drivers til i beat it... loved every minutes of it. Now I just installed XP, got all the new drivers, and reinstalled mafia for some fun... But all the text is screwed up, and I can't even see the names of my save games, just the...
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    Funniest Joke

    I know it's been done before, but I always get a good kick out of the hilarious jokes you guys post... So whats the funniest joke you've heard in a while? Mine is... There's a kid and an old man who happen to be standing next to each other in a store, and the kid pulls some candy out of his...
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    Too much modding!

    What's going too far? This is! Really now, can't you think of something better to spend your cash on? :D
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    Kings... or Lakers?

    Stirring things up! :D
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    Bought computer for $4000, caught fire, monitor died, keyboard keys fell out, mouse ball deflated...Need help quick!

    Anyone here kinda tired of these stupid people who have a major problem in their life, and the first place they can think of to go is here???
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    Am I going too far with my gaming?

    Okay, so I just got a nifty little piece of hardware that lets me plug in my n64 controller to my pc, and use it like a regular pc controller... Since I have used this stick so much, it makes playing some games easier, and it makes some games more of a novelty (GTA3 with an n64 controller...